Anyone got a shortwave TX?

GreenLad

Hi, I used to operate a small shortwave station in the 80s from Tallaght and the radio bug has bitten again:rolleyes: Has anyone got an old valve shortwave TX looking for a new home? I'm looking for low-power so something with 807 in the output would be sufficient. Thanks!

PauloMN

Oh this should be good.... I'll just get my popcorn and get comfortable....

GreenLad

Mods, delete this if it breaks any rules, I'm not looking to get banned or anything.

watty

If you have a licence and transmit according to licence that's fine.
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GreenLad

Wow, that's some reply there Watty. You should be a moderator or something? Thanks.

watty

Anything with an 807 deserves to be in a Museum. A 6146 seems more reasonable, though possibly vintage.

If you have a Wireless Experimenter licence expect to pay €150 for poor condition valve TX and up to €400 for a very clean WARC bands included late FT101ZD. A decent 19 set (with 807) could be €600 as it is a collector's item rather than practical.

1978 was 30 years ago.


You'd get a brand new FT857 nearly as cheap as really good collector quality Valve TX.

watty

GreenLad wrote: »

Wow, that's some reply there Watty. You should be a moderator or something? Thanks.

Welcome to Boards.ie and the Forum

GreenLad

Fair point about the 807 valve but radio enthusiasm isn't always logical in fact it's generally anything but sensible.....

Thanks for the intro Watty but I've been using this site since it opened and many others since the early days of bulletin boards, I've just 'amended' my identity for this nostalgic enquiry :cool:

watty

I nearly bought a 1943 "19 set" 2 years ago. I prefer my old valved FT101ZD to an IC756pro for HF shack. Maybe not logical.

I'm very fond of my modern FT817ND as it is almost pocket sized and nearly does everything, so I built an 80W internal battery powered "HF linear" for it with autoband switch.

I have a friend with a lot of Collins gear (separates and Transeivers) and he might sell one. P.M. me with a name & phone number/email and I'll pass it on if you are interested.